Effective immediately and with full implementation by January 2028, Optum Rx will align payment models more closely to the costs pharmacies may face due to manufacturer pricing actions.

Optum Rx's new cost-based program uses an internal algorithm that leverages multiple available industry data sources, such as NADAC and PAC, to inform reimbursement. Optum Rx is implementing a new ...

The Cooperstown boys basketball’s undefeated season came to a heartbreaking end with a 55-48 loss to defending Class C state champion Moravia in the Central Region Championship on Sunday, March 16.… ...

Optum Rx announced Wednesday that it will eliminate up to 25% of reauthorizations, initially focusing on 80 drugs. The pharmacy benefit management arm of UnitedHealth Group said it will work with ...

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) announced Wednesday its pharmacy benefit manager, Optum Rx, would eliminate up to 25% of reauthorizations, easing patients’ access to multiple medications when ...

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, met in Doha on Tuesday. Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi, right, and Rwandan President Paul Kagame, left, meet ...

Optum Rx is moving to eliminate prior authorizations on dozens of drugs, the UnitedHealth-owned pharmacy benefit manager said Wednesday, paring back a key pain point for physicians and patients ...

Optum Rx has eliminated reauthorization for almost 70 drugs for chronic diseases, about 10% of its overall pharmacy prior authorizations. Optum Rx is eliminating reauthorization on almost 70 drugs for ...

Dr Rasha Alawieh, a 34-year-old physician and assistant professor, specializes in kidney transplantation at Brown Medicine. She was deported from the United States despite holding a valid visa and ...

For the last six years, Dr. Rasha Alawieh studied and worked on kidney transplant cases in the United States, including in Rhode Island, under the legal protection of a H-1B work visa. That was ...